Matsui, Angels use long ball to down Mariners

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09/02/2010 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hideki Matsui belted the go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and Alberto Callaspo tacked on a solo shot the following frame, as the Angels beat Seattle, 4-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Trevor Bell (2-4) allowed nine hits and two runs over six innings in the start for the Angels, who won for just the third time in 10 games. Fernando Rodney notched his eighth save.

Franklin Gutierrez had the lone RBI for the Mariners, who faltered to their eighth defeat in 11 contests.

Jason Vargas (9-8) gave up four hits and three runs over seven frames and lost this third straight start.

Mike Napoli doubled with one out in the seventh, and with two down, Matsui drilled an 0-1 offering over the wall in right for his 18th homer of the year and a 3-2 lead.

Callaspo homered to right off Sean White with two outs in the eighth.

Reggie Willits doubled to start the game and scored later in the first on a groundout from Howie Kendrick.

Seattle wasted a chance with runners at second and third and one out in the bottom of the frame, but evened the contest in the third. Chone Figgins singled with one out, stole second and scored on a Gutierrez base hit to left.

The Mariners loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth, but came away with just one run when Gutierrez grounded into a double play. Russell Branyan fanned, leaving a runner at third.

The hosts again failed with a man at third in the sixth as Adam Moore struck out to end the inning.

Game Notes

The Angels moved to 12-4 this season against the Mariners. The teams will play a final series September 10-12 in Anaheim...Prior to the game, the Angels reinstated pitchers Jason Bulger and Brian Stokes from the 15-day disabled list. The team also acquired pitcher Loek Van Mil to complete an earlier trade with Minnesota...The Mariners are only 6-23 in the game after Felix Hernandez pitches including 2-17 over the last 19 games.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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